In his first use of a line-item veto, Ducey dumped $3.6 million from the budget for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey exercised his first-ever line-item veto of a state budget Wednesday as he found an item he didn't like.
"It has been found to be efficacious, helpful in curing post-traumatic stress syndrome," said Rogers, who is a veteran. But the governor, for his part, was unconvinced. People are also reading… "This appropriation however has little support from the public and veteran community," Ducey wrote.Lawmakers actually established a fund to pay for the therapy several years ago, with permission to take private donations, grants and other monies. This would have been the first state dollars since an initial appropriation of $25,000 in 2018.Rep.
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